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<h3>Public Tasks</h3>
    <ul>
        <li>Convert current DB from FB to SQL Compact</li>
        <li>Installer as part of bat: how do we get it to stop asking UAC every time?<ul>
            <li><a href="http://msmvps.com/blogs/martinzugec/archive/2008/05/16/ignore-uac-for-specific-programs.aspx">
                http://msmvps.com/blogs/martinzugec/archive/2008/05/16/ignore-uac-for-specific-programs.aspx</a></li>
            <li><a href="http://hardforum.com/archive/index.php/t-1611290.html">
                http://hardforum.com/archive/index.php/t-1611290.html</a></li>
            <li><a href="http://www.prnwatch.com/prio.html">http://www.prnwatch.com/prio.html</a></li>
            </ul>
        </li>
        <li>Dynamic load/unload IL2CPU and other parts so we dont need to exit and run 
            builder every time for changes</li>
    </ul>
    <h3>
        Matthijs</h3>
    <ul>
        <li>X# msbuild action</li>
        <li><a href="http://www.tellingmachine.com/post/Too-much-VMWare-can-cause-Unable-to-connect-to-host-Error-The-specified-version-was-not-found.aspx">
            http://www.tellingmachine.com/post/Too-much-VMWare-can-cause-Unable-to-connect-to-host-Error-The-specified-version-was-not-found.aspx</a><ul>
                <li>Check in builder? Modify for users?</li>
                <li>there are TWO of these text files if the user has VIX installed, I had to modify 
                    the one in m vmware dir</li>
            </ul>
        </li>
        <li>Program builder to check for prerquisites</li>
        <li>Comsmos.VS.Windows - use vsix reg tool</li>
    </ul>
    <h3>
    Kudzu
    To Do</h3>
    <ul>
        <li>X#<ul>
            <li>multiple patterns on one for tokenlist - some ops will be easier this way.
            </li>
            <li>EAX/AX<ul>
                <li>REG32, REG16, REG8, REG</li>
                <li>KEYWORD (all caps only), otherwise is exact</li>
                <li>ABC123 (all caps only), otherwise is exact</li>
                </ul>
            </li>
            </ul>
        <ul>
            <li>Complete</li>
            <li>Code Completion</li>
        </ul>
        <li>Asm stepping<ul>
            <li>Historical panels</li>
            </ul>
        </li>
        <li>Convert cxdb to sql compact and edm<ul>
            <li><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=17876">http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=17876</a></li>
            </ul>
        </li>
        <li>Increase speed of DebugStub / lower impact</li>
        <li>DS Ping or set a breakpoint while not in a break state will hang VS.<ul>
            <li>This is because its waiting on some other command to release?</li>
            </ul>
        </li>
        <li>Watches<ul>
            <li>Memory watches</li>
            <li>this:28 - show its size</li>
            <li>watches - show EBP+-</li>
            <li>frame - show var names</li>
            <li>asm window - show values of EBP, etc...</li>
            </ul>
        </li>
        <li>watches that can see fields/members<ul>
            <li>of other classes besides this</li>
            </ul>
        </li>
        <li>ATA / FAT</li>
        <li>ring restrictions on console etc.. by class, or explict inclusion</li>
        <li>PIT/RTC<ul>
            <li>And sleep, needed for ATA</li>
            </ul>
        </li>
        <li>tohex plug based on string input of X8 etc</li>
        <li>Bootstrap - clean up more</li>
        <li>networking</li>
        <li>gc</li>
        <li>USB</li>
    </ul>
    <p>
        scanner issue: <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Cosmos-Dev/message/4789">
        http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Cosmos-Dev/message/4789</a><br />
        debugstub.SkipMethod<br />
        SkipClass<br />
        speedup debug stub on no trigger<br />
        compiler dynamic load<br />
        unsafe arrays but controllled
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<h3>
    Matthijs - Next Release</h3>
<ul>
    <li>Express isnt showing any templates - VB only?</li>
    <li>C# for menus</li>
    <li>Debug VS on Cosmos menu</li>
</ul>
    <h3>
        Trivalik - Next Release</h3>
    <ul>
        <li>Remove 2008<ul>
            <li>And 2010 suffixes</li>
            </ul>
        </li>
    </ul>
    <h3>
        &nbsp;Next Release + 1</h3>
    <ul>
        <li>Throw exception on null ref...</li>
        <li>Plugs - warn if plugging something that doesnt exists... caused the x08 bug?</li>
        <li>Write out .asm line number to the cxdb file so I can use it in cgdb</li>
        <li>(joint with Kudzu) - Move all critical plugs out of old asms and remove building 
        of old asms.<ul>
            <li>And the plugs also from CustomImplementations in IL2CPU?</li>
        </ul>
        </li>
        <li>Exceptions dont work. Try int.parse(&quot;asdf&quot;). It runs but when the exception is 
        hit we get garbage back instead. (ie exceptions through plug proxy dont work)</li>
        <li>We are still stuck on install.bat.. I made a change in Cosmos.Hardware.. but it 
        didnt take effect until I ran install.bat..</li>
        <li>IL2CPU.AlwaysCompile attribute and get rid of IDT.Dummy</li>
        <li>int j = Array.IndexOf(Digits, s[i]);<ul>
            <li>When Digits is a char array, we get a plug needed error.</li>
            </ul>
        </li>
        <li>cxdb contains full asm path and filenames over and over... cant we write them 
            out once and use a byte/word index to identify them? This will make it smaller 
            and make reading faster.</li><li>Plugs <ul>
        <li>Source Plugs - Leave as they are</li>
                <li>Assembly Plugs - Change to have attribute on the TARGET instead of the 
                    implementation and only allow assembly.. this cuts out the &quot;proxy&quot; class and 
                    makes it easier to find plug impls. See Rings.html for more info. The assembly 
                    level plugs can even go in the same assembly, source file and if we can the same 
                    class? That is currently these assembly plugs require 3 classes to implement. 
                    its ugly and messy... we can get it down to 2 - 1 + assembly (X# only!). Current 
                    way is such a mess we even comment them as plugged, but then have to go guessing 
                    where the impl is... See example down below....</li>
                <li>Convert all source plugs and disable old attributes...so for new ones use new 
                    names</li>
        </ul>
    </li>
        <li>We need to dynamically 
            load the plugs etc so we can just rebuild and run and even trace them without 
                rerunnig the bat for each change</li>
        </li>
        <li>2010 support<ul>
            <li>http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jacdavis/archive/2010/04/05/vs-2010-version-of-debugenginesample-is-now-available.aspx</li>
            <li>Trivalik worked on some already</li>
            </ul>
        </li>
        <li>Ring attributes and enforcement<ul>
            <li>Also allow restriction of assembly references</li>
            <li>Only allow core to be /unsafe, no others</li>
            </ul>
        </li>
        <li>Ask on forums: How to debug the vsdebug pkg?<ul>
            <li>http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vsx/thread/6a9a307a-19fa-4c06-8728-303c1f4dd0bc/</li>
            </ul>
        </li>
</ul>
<h3>
    Even later</h3>
<ul>
    <li>localloc - int.parse needs plug for now because of this.</li>
    <li>use INT3 for BP? Will save 3 bytes per call.. which is a lot...</li>
    <li>Gradual X# upgrades (Kudzu)</li>
    <li>Filesystem</li>
    <li>Memory Manager<ul>
        <li>http://www.osdever.net/tutorials/view/memory-management-1</li>
        <li>http://www.osdever.net/tutorials/view/memory-management-2</li>
        </ul>
    </li>
    <li>UDP</li>
    <li>TCP</li>
    <li>Cosmos.Debug.Common - much in here is not common and should be moved to 
        VSDebug.. Add&nbsp; Readme.html that NASM and VSDebug use whats left</li>
    <li>foreach / interfaces</li>
</ul>
    <h3>
        Further Down</h3>
    <ul>
        <li>USB</li>
    </ul>
<h3>
    Notes</h3>
    <h3>
        Assembly Plug Example</h3>
    <h4>
        Old way</h4>
    <p>
        (3 classes, often 3 source files as well)</p>
    <pre>public class CPUBus {
	// Plugged
	public static void Write8(UInt16 aPort, byte aData) { }
...

[Plug(Target = typeof(Cosmos.Kernel.CPUBus))]
class CPUBus { 
	[PlugMethod(Assembler = typeof(Assemblers.IOWrite8))]
	public static void Write8(UInt16 aPort, byte aData) { }
...

public sealed class IOWrite8: AssemblerMethod { 
	public override void AssembleNew(object aAssembler, object aMethodInfo) { 
		//TODO: This is a lot of work to write to a single port. We need to have some kind of inline ASM option that can emit a single out instruction 
		new CPUx86.Move { DestinationReg = CPUx86.Registers.EDX, SourceReg = CPUx86.Registers.EBP, SourceDisplacement = 0xC, SourceIsIndirect = true };
		new CPUx86.Move { DestinationReg = CPUx86.Registers.EAX, SourceReg = CPUx86.Registers.EBP, SourceDisplacement = 0x8, SourceIsIndirect = true };
		new CPUx86.Out { DestinationReg = CPUx86.Registers.AL }; 
	}
} </pre>
    <h4>
        New way</h4>
    <p>
        See how much neater and self contained this is? :)</p>
    <p>
        public class CPUBus {<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        <br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [AsmBody(Assembler = typeof(IOWrite8))]<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; public static void Write8(UInt16 aPort, byte aData) { }<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; // Nested class even... :) Keeps it all in one unit!<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; public class IOWrite8 : CodeBlock {
        <br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; public override void Assemble() {<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; EDX = EBP + 0x0C;<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; EAX = EBP + 0x08;<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Port[DX] = AL;<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; }<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; }
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        }     </p>

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